The Reverse Collector

  Artist: Queen Title: Sheer Heart Attack Label: Elektra Format: 8-Track Cat #: ET 81026 Year of Release: 1974 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1974 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 9/24/25 Sell Price: $117.31 Discogs Last Sold: 1/10/18 NM/no cover $14.97 Low: $8.00 Median: $14.97 Average: $46.76 High: $117.31 Current low price: none Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 0 Have/Want: 39/209 Where Sold: Renton, WA Time it took to sell: 1 year Where and When Bought:  ebay 8-track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No Occasionally there is an 8-track in my recently acquired boxes of them that pays off.  In a $30 lot last year was a nice copy of Queen's Sheer Heart Attack.  This was the only copy of this version up on Discogs, so even though it last sold in 2018 for $15, with a band like Queen, scarcity counts.  I put it up for around $150 initially and it fell to it's selling price $117.31 over the last year or two of blanket stock reductions on ...

  Artist: Elvis Presley Title: Worldwide Gold Award Hits Vol. 1 & 2 Label: RCA Format: 8-Track Cat #: S 213690 Year of Release: 1974 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1974 Listed Condition: VG+/VG Sell Date: 9/24/25 Sell Price: $5.06 Discogs Last Sold: 3/10/24 VG+/VG+ $2.32 Low: $1.50 Median: $2.95 Average: $3.42 High: $5.25 Current low price: $1.98 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 21 Have/Want: 166/5 Where Sold: Renton, WA Time it took to sell: 1 year Where and When Bought:  ebay 8-track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No Elvis compilations come and go, but this particular one from the 70's is a bit of a classic.  The first half of a 4 volume, 2-piece record set.  This 8-track has the first 25 and cuts off in the early 60's.  Enough to garner a "5-star" rating in the Rolling Stone Record Guide in the 70's along with the in-era Elvis' Golden Hits.  Most of those tracks are on here, but you have some good later post-Army ones as well...

  Artist: Deep Purple Title:  The Book of Taliesyn Label: Tetragrammaton Format: LP Cat #: T-107 Year of Release: 1968 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1968 Listed Condition: G+/G Sell Date: 9/23/25 Sell Price: $5.17 Discogs Last Sold: 9/11/25 NM/VG+ $65.10 Low: $1.99 Median: $19.30 Average: $21.97 High: $65.10 Current low price: $6.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 75 Have/Want: 3891/606 Where Sold: Historic New Castle, DE Time it took to sell: 9 years Where and When Bought:  used Worcester, That's Entertainment early 80's dollar box Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A- Sad To See It Go: No The follow up to their debut Shade of Deep Purple, The Book of Taliesyn, came out only a few months after in 1968 in the US on the independent Tetragrammaton label.  The Neil Diamond cover of "Kentucky Woman" was the big hit here, even cracking the top 40.  Considering "Hush" was top 10, that was not all that surprising to see, although I was wondering if American rock rad...

  Artist: Fleetwood Mac Title: Rumours Label: Warner Bros. Format: 8-Track Cat #: M8 3010 Year of Release: 1977 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1977 Listed Condition: VG+/VG Sell Date: 9/24/25 Sell Price: $9.38 Discogs Last Sold: 4/4/25 VG/VG $6.87 Low: $1.95 Median: $5.00 Average: $6.63 High: $27.50 NM/NM White MCA Outer Case NM- (an obvious addition-says 'Equivalent 2-Records Set'). Black 8 track shell NM-: just a few slight lil' cover slick bubbles.  Current low price: $2.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 15 Have/Want: 382/792 Where Sold: Renton, WA Time it took to sell: 1 year Where and When Bought:  Ebay 8-track lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: A Sad To See It Go: No A household staple of my childhood from my mother playing it incessantly from 1977-1979 or so,  Fleetwood Mac's Rumours was introduced to my household from a neighbor who recently moved to California and came back to visit.  My mother already had the last album and was playing that rel...

  Artist: The Vincent Black Shadow Title: Fear's In The Water Label: Bodog Music Format: CD Cat #: BM 1002 Year of Release: 2006 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 2006 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 9/9/25 Sell Price: $3.54 Discogs Last Sold: 6/26/25 M/M $1.99 Low: $0.23 Median: $1.99 Average: $2.31 High: $5.50 Current low price: $1.40 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 11 Have/Want: 88/15 Where Sold: Berkley, MI Time it took to sell: 15 years Where and When Bought:  NYC 99 cents late aughts, sticker still on it, guessing Etheria Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: D- Sad To See It Go: No There was some reason I bought this in the dollar bin.  Somebody was talking about them being good at some point in my life.  It seems like they played the Warped Tour in 2007, the year after this was released.   To me it sounds like No Doubt without the ska, maybe a little more "rock."  Pop and "active rock" with a touch of goth veneer in the keyboards.  This stuff...

  Artist: Pipe Title:  Ashtray b/w Warsaw Label: Merge Format: 7" Cat #: mrg 037 Year of Release: 1993 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1993 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 8/31/25 Sell Price: $2.99 Discogs Last Sold: 11/22/24 VG+/VG+ $2.84 Low: $1.00 Median: $2.30 Average: $2.65 High: $6.00 Current low price: $0.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 17 Have/Want: 233/24 Where Sold: Nashville, TN Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought:  NYC somewhere around time of release new Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No Former Superchunk drummer Chuck Garrison had a band in the mid-90's that was on the lips of almost everyone: Pipe.  Their run was short from 1993-7, but they got around.  The vocalist Ron Liberi, well versed in Black Flag stylings, went on to bands like Zen Frisbee and The Ghost of Rock.  The band returned in 2023 and released a self titled album .   "Ashtray," the A-side features a spirited sandpaper ra...

  Artist: Vertigo Title:  Driver #43 b/w Shut Up and Sit Down Label: Amphetamine Reptile Format: 7" Cat #: SCALE 53 Year of Release: 1993 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1993 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 8/31/25 Sell Price: $3.46 Discogs Last Sold: 8/28/25 NM/NM $2.00 Low: $0.99 Median: $3.00 Average: $3.12 High: $5.99 Current low price: $1.18 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 35 Have/Want: 326/24 Where Sold: Nashville, TN Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought:  NYC early 90's probably Kims new Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B+ Sad To See It Go: No As anonymous and quality implied as AmRep got, I almost had Vertigo pegged as part of that label's Australian onslaught.  Almost.  Where the fuck were they from?  Minneapolis, of course.  Same as Amphetamine Reptile. Where are they now and what ever happened to Vertigo after their short burst of records from 1988-1993?  Their bass player retired.  Just kidding, they never had...

  Artist: Gorilla Title: Detox Man b/w Sober Label: Sub Pop Format: 7" Cat #: SP119 Year of Release: 1991 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1991 Singles Club Sept 1991 4,500 edition grey marbled vinyl Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 8/31/25 Sell Price: $3.09 Discogs Last Sold: 9/1/25 NM/NM $3.00 Low: $0.95 Median: $2.56 Average: $2.81 High: $5.70 Current low price: $1.00 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 42 Have/Want: 542/50 Where Sold: Nashville, TN Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought:  singles club mail order Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C Sad To See It Go: No Perhaps one of the least desirable of all Sub Pop Singles Club Singles, engineer Brian Nelson's band Gorilla had a handful of releases in the 90's kicked off by this thematic single.  Sub Pop singles had much larger pressings and glossy covers by September 1991 the month of Nevermind. The record itself is a couple likable garage rock jams.  That I couldn't remember either side meant that...

  Artist: Rein Sanction Title: Deeper Road b/w R.K. Label: Sub Pop Format: 7" Cat #: SP 160 Year of Release: 1992 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1992 4,500 pressing Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 8/31/25 Sell Price: $3.75 Discogs Last Sold: 9/1/25 NM/NM $6.00 Low: $1.99 Median: $4.03 Average: $4.12 High: $9.07 Current low price: $2.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 28 Have/Want: 288/27 Where Sold: Nashville, TN Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought:  Boston Newbury Comics new when released probably $3.99 Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No The expansion of Sub Pop from Seattle to nationwide (in this case Jacksonville, FL) in search of talent ultimately meant for dilution of relevance even as sales and pressings increased exponentially from the Nirvana sales tsunami.  A band like Rein Sanction, although ok on it's own merits, seemed an afterthought after the initial wave of acts on the label. I dutifully bought this single upon r...

  Artist: Pods Title: Where I'm Calling From Label: Pods Format: CD Cat #: n/a Year of Release: 1994 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1994 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 8/31/25 Sell Price: $11.82 Discogs Last Sold: 3/2/23 VG+/VG+ $17.00 Low: $11.82 Median: $17.00 Average: $18.75 High: $29.97 Current low price: $20.95 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 3 Have/Want: 28/26 Where Sold: Nashville, TN Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought:  Kims NYC St Marks $1 wall Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B Sad To See It Go: No I was pretty psyched to find this self-released demo on the budget wall at Kim's in the mid-90's.  Ben Deily was fresh out of the peak years of the Lemonheads and his new short lived band was Pods.  Considering the commercial trajectory Evan Dando took the Lemonheads after Ben left, one would be surprised that in the early heyday they were a co-fronting tandem. "Promise" was a radio tape hit toward the end of my time in Boston, and that...

  Artist: Runt Title: Saturday Calls EP Label: TJ's Records Format: 7" Cat #: king 1 Year of Release: 1997 Country and Year of Edition Issue: UK 1997 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 8/31/25 Sell Price: $4.71 Discogs Last Sold: 5/3/21 NM/VG+ $5.23 Low: $4.71 Median: $4.97 Average: $4.97 High: $5.23 Current low price: $4.65 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 6 Have/Want: 9/1 Where Sold: Nashville, TN Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought:  Intoxica London 2.50 pound sticker on it Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C+ Sad To See It Go: No This 350 pressing 4-song EP came recorded from a Wales, UK studio called Le Mons.  Since I bought the record in London, I"m going to assume that the band is also from there.  This is a faceless punk band with no last names in the credits: Ian, Nobby and Deano. Of course, the thing with faceless punk singles that appear to be one-offs is sort of the point.  Since it can't be streamed, I have to put the 3 spins in dutifully ...

  Artist: Lemonade Title: Our Poems Set To Music Label: Face The Music Format: 7" Cat #: FTM -3 Year of Release: 1992 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1992 Listed Condition: VG+/VG+ Sell Date: 8/31/25 Sell Price: $2.99 Discogs Last Sold: 2/3/25  NM/NM $4.69 Low: $1.88 Median: $2.00 Average: $2.79 High: $4.69 Current low price: $1.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 14 Have/Want: 36/4 Where Sold: Nashville, TN,  Time it took to sell: 10 years Where and When Bought:  can't remember mid 90's somewhere Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: C Sad To See It Go: No Lemonade are one of those Olympia scene bands of the early 90's that put out one single and went on to other things.  The A-side was recorded in the studio, and the B-side was recorded at KAOS on the Unwound drummer Sara Lund's radio show.  The music is almost communist in its indistinguishability as it veers from a surf punk style instrumental to a Fugazi type groove after some petulant screaming and some...

  Artist: Cruzados Title: After Dark Label: Arista Format: LP Cat #: AL 8439 Year of Release: 1987 Country and Year of Edition Issue: US 1987 Listed Condition: VG+/VG drill cut, original inner sleeve Sell Date: 8/31/25 Sell Price: $6.91 Discogs Last Sold: 6/9/25 NM/NM $5.99 Low: $1.16 Median: $3.49 Average: $4.00 High: $15.00 Current low price: $1.99 Current Number on Sale at Discogs: 82 Have/Want: 715/30 Where Sold: Nashville, TN Time it took to sell: 15 years Where and When Bought:  Facebook $2 lot Gwiz-gau Letter Grade: B- Sad To See It Go: No 80's "Roots-Rock" before it was "Americana,"  Cruzados were established enough for their second album in 1987 to have Eagles like Don Henley and JD Souther as well as Paul Butterfield for his final recording and Pat Benatar make guest appearances.   "Bed Of Lies" was a big album rock hit without any guest stars peaking at #4 on Billboards Rock Tracks.  "Small Town Love" with Henley peaked at #39 on t...